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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Placed by the Association. | Placed by other means. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind. | Deaf. | Crippled. | Blind. | Deaf. | Crippled. | ||
| 1. (a) Industrial or normal occupations | 3 | 74 | 411 | 9 | 44 | 511 | 1,052 |
| (6) Domestic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 59 |
| (c) Commercial | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 132 |
| (d) Blind Alley | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 106 | 126 |
| Total | 6 | 75 | 445 | 15 | 59 | 769 | 1,369 |
| 2. (a) Who have died since | Blind. | Deaf. | Crippled. | Total. | |||
| _ | 19 | 19 | |||||
| (6) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment. | 6 | 122 | 128 | ||||
| (c) Are in attendance at an institution for further education and training. | 5 | 16 | 41 | 62 | |||
| 3. Who have left London and cannot be traced | — | 2 | 33 | 35 | |||
| 4. Whose applications have been withdrawn, who refused openings or were unsatisfactory. | 5 | 5 | 69 | 79 | |||
| 5. Not yet placed | 3 | 8 | 73 | 84 | |||
| Total | 13 | 37 | 357 | 407 | |||
Statement of the number of children notified during 1927 by the local education authority to the local authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.
| Diagnosis. | 1927. | |
|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | |
| Idiots | 5 | 5 |
| Imbeciles | 79 | 73 |
| Moral imbeciles | — | — |
| Feeble-minded— | ||
| *(a) | — | — |
| *(b) | 49 | 74 |
| *(C) | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 135 | 157 |
* (a) Feeble-minded children notified under Article 5 of the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children)
Regulations, 1914 (i.e., children in respect of whom the Board's formal certificate (Form 308 M.) has been
issued).
(b) Feeble-minded children notified under Article 6 of those Regulations (i.e., children who, on or
before attaining the age of 16, were about to be withdrawn or discharged from a special school), and
(c) Feeble-minded children notified under other Articles.
Mr.
Yearsley's
report on
deaf children
The medical work of the Special Schools for the deaf is under the charge of Mr.
Yearsley, who reports that, as a result of examinations of the school children submitted
to him during the last twenty years, he has formed the opinion that there
has been a slow, but steady, increase in the efficiency of the treatment of deafness.
This is most marked in the case of children suffering from middle ear suppuration,
less progress having been made in cases where the condition arises from other causes.
Analysis of
cases of
deafness.
Out of 161 cases of deaf and hard of hearing children seen during the year, 12 had been dealt with in previous years ; in the 149 new cases, the causes of the deafness could be classified as follows :—
| Cause of deafness. | Boys. | Girls. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congenital | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| Acquired | 51 | 52 | 103 |
| Doubtful | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 75 | 74 | 149 |